glacier_kitty (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
glacier_kitty) wrote2014-10-16 08:02 pm
glacier_kitty) wrote2014-10-16 08:02 pm
Entry tags:
Book passages
I just read a book called Blind Descent, and it had some interesting/funny passages I'd like to share. I should do that more often, I read lots of interesting things. :P Here they are:
That night we walked through Kathmandu to get pizza at the Fire and Ice Pizzeria. I took a deep breath of the night air, which was a dense mix of smog, dust, and gasoline. That certainly didn't feel like the right combination to be breathing prior to climbing Everest...
"Don't make eye contact with them, the locals warned us. "The monkeys take it as a challenge." Challenge accepted!...I decided to test the theory by tipping my sunglasses down and winking at one of the monkeys. Before I even had a chance to put away my camera, the monkey was charging straight at me! Fortunately it stopped before I had to defend myself; otherwise I probably would have screamed like a girl and started swinging my camera
Tenzing-Hillary Airport has the shortest runway in the world, which makes it one of the top 10 most dangerous airports in the world. If you don't take off or land the plane quickly enough, you crash into the mountain
I got ready in silence and then headed to the dining tent. Before leaving, I logged into Facebook and updated my status: Heading to the summit of Mount Everest. BRB!
It was pretty cold on the Balcony, so I kept pacing to stay warm. I was so tired that I could have closed my eyes and slept right there, but I knew that would be a recipe for disaster. Plus, it was so cold that my eyelids froze shut when I blinked, so I tried not to shut them any more than I had to. I was sure my eyelashes were being ripped off with each blink
I walked across a major ridge called the Cornice Traverse. It's only a few feet wide, and according to Everest lore, it's a two-mile drop into Nepal and a two-mile drop into Tibet on the right. It's always good to have options, I suppose
Then all at once I felt a rumble in my stomach alerting me that I had about a two-minute window before I needed to relieve myself. It had been a few days since I had gone, and the body's clock doesn't seem to operate based on the location of the most convenient restroom. It took me a while to shed my layers, and as I unzipped the back flap of my down suit, I had to laugh a little at the situation. I'm at the summit of Mount Everest and about to add inches to its elevation, I thought. I tried to make it quick, as there were tender parts of my skin exposed to the freezing air. A gust of wind came as I was finishing, ripping the toilet paper from my hand and sending it sailing over the summit into China. I guess I just did my business in Nepal and wiped in China, I thought
5. Throwback Thursday: A fav memory
Watching Meares Glacier calve with Dana :D
Today's trivia: The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code
That night we walked through Kathmandu to get pizza at the Fire and Ice Pizzeria. I took a deep breath of the night air, which was a dense mix of smog, dust, and gasoline. That certainly didn't feel like the right combination to be breathing prior to climbing Everest...
"Don't make eye contact with them, the locals warned us. "The monkeys take it as a challenge." Challenge accepted!...I decided to test the theory by tipping my sunglasses down and winking at one of the monkeys. Before I even had a chance to put away my camera, the monkey was charging straight at me! Fortunately it stopped before I had to defend myself; otherwise I probably would have screamed like a girl and started swinging my camera
Tenzing-Hillary Airport has the shortest runway in the world, which makes it one of the top 10 most dangerous airports in the world. If you don't take off or land the plane quickly enough, you crash into the mountain
I got ready in silence and then headed to the dining tent. Before leaving, I logged into Facebook and updated my status: Heading to the summit of Mount Everest. BRB!
It was pretty cold on the Balcony, so I kept pacing to stay warm. I was so tired that I could have closed my eyes and slept right there, but I knew that would be a recipe for disaster. Plus, it was so cold that my eyelids froze shut when I blinked, so I tried not to shut them any more than I had to. I was sure my eyelashes were being ripped off with each blink
I walked across a major ridge called the Cornice Traverse. It's only a few feet wide, and according to Everest lore, it's a two-mile drop into Nepal and a two-mile drop into Tibet on the right. It's always good to have options, I suppose
Then all at once I felt a rumble in my stomach alerting me that I had about a two-minute window before I needed to relieve myself. It had been a few days since I had gone, and the body's clock doesn't seem to operate based on the location of the most convenient restroom. It took me a while to shed my layers, and as I unzipped the back flap of my down suit, I had to laugh a little at the situation. I'm at the summit of Mount Everest and about to add inches to its elevation, I thought. I tried to make it quick, as there were tender parts of my skin exposed to the freezing air. A gust of wind came as I was finishing, ripping the toilet paper from my hand and sending it sailing over the summit into China. I guess I just did my business in Nepal and wiped in China, I thought
5. Throwback Thursday: A fav memory
Watching Meares Glacier calve with Dana :D
Today's trivia: The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code